Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the speakers for coming in. With regard to the issue of veterinary costs, I can probably only speak from my experience about the veterinarians who are dealing with the animal charities locally in County Longford. They are very reasonable. I assisted one of those groups with a grant application. From what I have seen of what the veterinarians are charging, I do not think it is disproportionate. It is probably quite fair. It is probably a reduced fee in terms of what they are charging.

I have a query for the Department regarding when there has been a report of a dangerous animal and the warden or agent of the warden feels that he or she is not able to seize that dog because there is a welfare issue for the warden. What recourse have we at that stage then to get that acted upon?